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John Denver was a folk music singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High." Denver received his first guitar, a 1910 Gibson acoustic, as a present from his grandmother when he was a youngster. From 1961 to 1964, he attended Texas Technological College but dropped out before completing his studies. Denver was a long-time aviator who died on October 12, 1997, when the jet he was operating crashed over Monterey Bay, California, killing him instantly.
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